The challenge
As AI-powered cyberattacks become faster, more sophisticated, and increasingly accessible, Aegisys Cloud Solutions needed a way to deliver proactive, around-the-clock protection for its customers. Many of those customers operate in highly regulated industries, including healthcare, municipal government, and law enforcement, where strict data residency requirements demand that sensitive information remain within Canadian borders. Balancing advanced threat detection, automated response, and regulatory compliance required a security strategy capable of protecting against evolving threats without compromising governance requirements.
The solution
To build its "strategic architecture of resilience," Aegisys Cloud Solutions leveraged the Barracuda security platform to strengthen protection, automate operations, and support compliance requirements. By deploying Barracuda Email Protection and Barracuda Managed XDR, Aegisys gained enhanced visibility into threats such as account takeovers, phishing attacks, and lateral movement. Through the integration of Barracuda Automated Threat Response capabilities with Barracuda Firewalls, the team automated routine remediation tasks, including brute-force attack mitigation, allowing staff to focus on strategic security initiatives rather than manual response activities. To meet Canadian data residency requirements, Aegisys also implemented Barracuda Cloud-to-Cloud Backup, helping ensure customer data remains encrypted and securely stored within Canada.
Results
By partnering with Barracuda, Aegisys has been able to:
- Accelerate business growth: Nearly doubled year-over-year revenue for the past five years by transitioning from a traditional break-fix model to a security-as-a-service business.
- Reduce response times: Leveraging AI-driven automation, response times for critical threats have dropped from hours to minutes.
- Scale with efficiency: A team of just 19 employees now supports more than 300 clients while delivering 24/7/365 protection and monitoring.
- Strengthen compliance and resilience: Achieved SOC 2 Type 2 certification while helping customers meet stringent Canadian data residency and regulatory requirements.
Location: Greater Sudbury, ON, Canada
About Aegisys
Aegisys Cloud Solutions is a family business founded in Sudbury, Ontario in 1999. They are helping Canadian organizations run secure, compliant IT—with managed support, cybersecurity, and cloud hosting from their very own Canadian infrastructure.
Email continues to be one of the biggest attack vectors for our clients. Barracuda Email Protection has evolved tremendously over the years and gives us confidence that we’re stopping more threats before they become incidents.
